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... thought it better to omit this from the published Journal and substituted for it this later comment : " I do admit ... thoughts in analytic and categorical formality . But all his writings are imbued with learning ; and all breathe that ...
... thought it better to omit this from the published Journal and substituted for it this later comment : " I do admit ... thoughts in analytic and categorical formality . But all his writings are imbued with learning ; and all breathe that ...
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... thought of Shakespeare's " lively manner " of showing " the prevalency of this opinion [ hypochondria being uni ... thought , censure , ridicule , learning , dedications , past and present , and penuriousness and wealth . He thought very ...
... thought of Shakespeare's " lively manner " of showing " the prevalency of this opinion [ hypochondria being uni ... thought , censure , ridicule , learning , dedications , past and present , and penuriousness and wealth . He thought very ...
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... thought little of Charles Churchill's poetry , but Boswell maintained that Churchill " had extraordinary vigour both of thought and expression . " Further , in " the opening lines of Gotham , Bk . iii , there is a passage of great ...
... thought little of Charles Churchill's poetry , but Boswell maintained that Churchill " had extraordinary vigour both of thought and expression . " Further , in " the opening lines of Gotham , Bk . iii , there is a passage of great ...
Contents
Paging Through Boswells Life of Johnson | 3 |
Notes on Johnsons Hebridean Jaunt | 15 |
Johnsons Early Translations from Virgil Homer and Horace | 23 |
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